Bathtub



Sept- 15, 1936- R. c. -TROEGER ET Al, 42,054,146

BATHTUB Filed rJan. '7, 1936 In Ven ons i?. C. Trpqger ,YZ-@Hermann Patented Sept. 15, 1936 PATENT oFFlcE BATHTUB Roy C. Troeger, Los Angeles, and James Carter Hermann, San Marino, Calif.

Application January 7, 1936, Serial No. 57,908

7 Claims.V (o1. 1 -17s) Ourinvention-relates to a bathtub and bathtub installations. The-'particular type of tub is preferably r'nade without a finished skirt on the outside;v but the exposed portions have a built-in skirt "of tile.' The portions of the'tub adjacent a wall are adapted tofbe connected to the wallv by tiling.

A'characteristic feature and an object of our invention 'to simplify the construction of bathtubs,V making'thesein sucha manner that it is 10 not necessary for a manufacturer to produce bothrwhat are termed 'right and lefthand baths. To' accomplish this purposewe form the bath symmetrical as; to its ends 'and preferably the sides are parallel. The end portions of the bath 'project beyond the sides, and therefore as the bath is'syinmetrical as to its longitudinal axis, it may-readily bel reversed in position in accordance with the locationof the plumbing in the building or the particular set-up-or installation of the bath s-in the building. The bath'is provided with a drain outlet, and alsopreferably a waste overflow at one end; and hasb a 'slope atthe bottom: towards the drain. but "on account'of :the bath being symmetrical asto its endsVit may be installed in a zbuildingfv to #more readily make connection'with drain pipes already'installed in the building than if. the'bathw'ere 'made 'of the non-symmetrical type, and moreover, with our construction an improved appearance is givenin the bathroom.

*- 'Ai further characteristic feature of our invention-as. regards therend portions of the bath is that these are provided with a rim, the rim also extending along the sides, and such rim at the end eitherzformsarright angle or1a prolongation of'the'converging'end portions,` and where a bluntended bath is used would also form a right angle.

Our`li'nvention'also comprehends av bath having rounded-ends'forming each preferably a semicircle, but. in this case the vtangent to the ends 40 will-forrrra'right'angle.l

Another characteristic of our invention is that the-tangent line at the edge'of ,the rim between the sides and the projecting ends of the rim would' form an angle of about 135, thus developing Aa bath with parallel sides and withthe point at the ends forming 90. This construction facilitates the fitting 'of the bath infrightangular corners of a building or other construction.

Another characteristic feature of our invention -as it relates to the installation of the bath is in providing 'the rim with a slightly upturned outer edge which with the tiling provides a leakproof connection. For instance, the side of the bath adja'cent a wallmay have tiling brought down and rest on the rim inside of the bead. Again, if

an apron or skirt is to be used on the exposed sides of the bath this may be formed of tiling extending downwardly from the rim with acapping piece extending partly down over the bead and the rim. In another manner of installation the parallel sides of the bath readily adapt themselves to? a formation of tile seats,such seats being horizontal and having an end piece extending over the bead of the rim. A convenient manner of installation is to provide the seat of a triangular 10..

Fig. 3 is a plan on a reduced scale of a modifizd cation havingthe ends formed with Ycutoff corners.

Fig. 4 is a modification in which the ends are rounded.

Fig. 5 is a diagram illustrating various manners '255 o of installing the bath lof Fig. 1 in single units.

Fig. 6 is a diagram showing the Various manners of installing the bath ofA Fig. l in double units.

Fig. '7 is ajvertical section through the rim portion of the tub illustrating the installation of 30` wall tile. Y

Fig. 8 is a verticalsection through the rim portion of the tub with Va tile apronor skirt. Fig. 9 is a vertical section through the rim porv tion of the tub and a tile seat. 35"

In our invention in its preferred form the bath is designated by the numeral II. This is characterized by having a peripheral rim I2 from which the main body of the bath designated at I 3 extends downwardly. VThe vrim has a horizontal 40 portion I 4 and an upturned bead I5 at the periphery, the peripheral line being indicated by the numeral I6. This peripheral line provides two side portions I1 and I8 of the bath which are preferably parallel, and as the rim is of constant thickness the body of the bath has sides which are substantially parallelexceptfor a slope inwardly towards the bottom. The ends I9 of lthe bath have converging end edges on Vthe rim designated .I9 and 2ilmeeting at a point 2|. The angle Y22 50`A and the edges of the ends form an angle 24 of 135. .55

' Adjacent the rim the bath has sharply rounded ends 30. This being similar at both ends and at the bottom of the bath, the rounded portions 3| are of an increased radius. One end of the YVbath only is provided with a bottom drain outlet 32, and the end corner 30 has an overiiow 33 adjacent the top of the bath. The waste outlet 32 andthe overow opening 33 may be connected tothe usual Vwaste pipes, ,which latter would be connected to a drain inthe building in the usual manner.

We prefer to form the bath without an apron or skirt depending from the rim. The bottom of the bath has'the usual slope toward the drain outlet and may be Yof a desired contour on the Y inside. The inside corners V34 complementary to the angle corners 23 are slightly rounded to give a smooth interior surface tothe bath. 'be understood that thev inside of the bath and 'the rim will be enameled in the usual manner.

Y A characteristic therefore ofthe bath illustrated inA Figures Y1 and 2 is that'it is provided with a symmetrical rim. The endsrare symmetrical` and'similar to each other; TheV sides are preferably parallel and as the angle Y'i2 formed bythe two end edges ofthe rim forms '90,' this angle endV of Ythe bathrmay be advantageously n yfitted into a rightangular corner of a room.

`;'senf1bly numeral 40, the sides 4| of the rim are In the beth of Figure 3 designated bythe asparallel and the ends 42.V have converging edges 43 and 44 and have a cutoff transverse edge-475.

Thev edges 43 and 44 if prolonged would form an angle 46 which, is 90?. Thisbath has a drain outletr and overflow at one end and on its` interior slopes downwardly at the bottom Vto the outlet. It

is also preferably made Without an apron, the rim extending outwardly from the bath.l Y

main body ofthe In the construction of the bath illustratedin Figure '74;and designated by the assembly nu- Y meral 50, the sides 5i are paralleland the Vends form semi-circles 52. The tangent lines 53 joining Va tangent 54 on the sides converge and form jan angle 55 which is 90. This bath has the Ydrain opening and overflow at one end, the bottom slopingrtoward'such end. This bath is also preferably made with a laterally projecting rirn` Vhaving a bead and withoutean apron or skirt.

. connected to a side wall, vertical tiling 60 extends upwardly from the rim and is riitted interiorlyof the bead I5. This forms a watertight connection of the bath with the wall, as th'e bead prevents stalling the bath with a tile finish, and it will be understoodV that'either the sides or the end por- Vtions may be `built in with theV wall tiles. With the apron construction on the seat, however,

it is preferable that the seat be formed Valong 'Y one of the `sides of the bath. Y One of the advantages ofthe Vbath construc- Ytion as'abovedescribed in which therends' are 7iitadjacent the walls of the bathroom, or to make formed symmetrical, is that it is not necessary to make the baths in so-called left andrights to VIi) Will' and one of the end edges;

-In the illustrations of Figures7,f8 and 9 showing installation of the bath where arportion is Vis readily reversible in position to locate the drain outlet of the bath adjacent the fixed drain of the building.

In Figure 5 there are illustrated a number ofV instances of different installations of the bath in a building, the main walls of the building beingV indicated by the numeral 10, andinterior partitions or closet walls by the numeral 1l. In this installation, for instance, the bath assembly 12 shows the two corner edges at one end of the bath and tted ina corner of the building. The installation of 13 shows the two adjacent end edges iitted in an outwardly projecting portionof the main wall forming an angle of 90V". In the installation designated at 14 one side and two end edges are fitted inan alcove of the building wall.V `The installation of 15 is similar except that the alcove is provided with a seat 16 adjacent one side ofthe bath. A corner installation 11 closes f in one end of the bath and one side in which* there is Va seat, and leaves exposed only one sideY In another corner installation 18 one side has a built-in seatV at the corner, and the two ends are built in completely',

leaving exposed only one side. The installation at 1 19 shows one complete end Yand one side builtin to the walls andpartition of the building. V"I'he installation at is similar except thatit has a seat along one side of the bath.

In the-illustration of double bath installations shown in Figure 6, the building wall is indicated Y by the numeral and various partitions or transverse walls'by the numeral 86.V The installation endy and one of the sides of the bath. In the in stallation designated's the building wall'has an inset section and the baths have seats facing .Y towards the inset portion of the rim. In the installation of 89 the two baths are separated by a partition and have seats onopposite sides. It

will be understood that in all of the installations of Figures 5 and 6 the exposed sides of the bath will preferably be finished Vwith a tileY apron or.A

Various changes may be made in the details :iciv

1. A bathtub having a rimwith parallel sides and outwardly converging ends, both ends being similar and each forming at its extreme corner an angle of 90"", the main portion of the bath below the rim being also substantially symmetrical as to its opposite end portions except one end having an outlet lopening and overflow whereby the bath may be positioned symmetrically to the walls Vof the building to connect to the drain# age pipesin the building. Y

2. A bathtub having a rim, the rim being parallel on its sides and having outwardly converging ends forming an angle of ,909 at each end, the end portions of the rim beyond the sides being symmetrical, the main portion of the bath below the rim b'eing also substantially'symmetrical as to its opposite ends, and the rim at one end being adapted to form a contact t with rightangular corner in a room.

3. A bathtub having a rim with parallel side edges and converging end edges, the end edges between a side and its adjacent end edge being 135, the rim being in a horizontal plane, and both ends of the bath being symmetrical in regard to its transverse center whereby either end of the bath may form a contact flt with an angular corner of a room. Y

4. A bathtub as claimed in claim 3, the portion of the bath extending downwardly below the rim having an interior curve adjacent the rightangular corner, the inside portion at the ends of the bath converging downwardly and toward each other and being substantially symmetrical as to each end, the rim having a horizontal portion with an upturned bead adjacent its peripheral edge, the bead being adapted to be imbedded in a tile wall covering and a portion of the bath contacting a Wall, and on an exposed portion to have a coping tile enclosing the bead. Y

5. A bathtub having a horizontal rim with a peripheral bead, the periphery of the bath having parallel side edges and converging end edges, the converging ends being at an angle of 90, said bath being installed with a portion of the periphery in contact with the straight wall of a building, said wall having tiling overlapping said bead at the portion in contact with the wall.

6. A bathtub having a horizontal rim with a peripheral bead, the bath having parallel sides at the rim and converging ends, the ends projecting beyond the sides and the adjacent end edges converging at 90, both ends of the bath being symmetrical as regards the rim, the bath being installed with a horizontal seat extending laterally. from one side, the seat having a coping extending over the peripheral bead at one side of the bath.

`'1. A bathtub having a rim with parallel sides, the ends having converging edge portions with a transverse end edge at right angles to the axis of lthe bathlv the converging portions of the ends being prolonged forming an angle of 90, two ends of the bath being symmetrical.

ROY C. TROEGER. J. CARTER HERMANN. 

